County fair to find new home at Biscuit Run?
Biscuit Run is still a long way off from opening as a state park—if the stars align, no earlier than 2014—but officials in Richmond are exploring the option of allowing […]
UVA students take scholarly look at "The West Wing," "The Daily Show"
If college students were given the chance to design and teach their own classes, what would they pick to study? Judging by this semester’s student-initiated courses program at UVA, the […]
Will November elections bring a Democratic bloodbath, or a light rinse?
When our illustrious ex-governor (and current head of the Democratic National Committee) Tim Kaine recently appeared on “The Daily Show,” he was probably hoping for 15 minutes of jocular […]
New rules could make safer abortions more difficult to acquire
Abortion, legal since 1973, is the most common surgical procedure that women get, and one-third of all American women have had one
Live Arts looks to freshen the script in its 21st season
At first glance, Satch Huizenga seems like a guy who’d be more at home hosting a TV show about fishing and trapping than a man in charge of the city’s […]
Willoughby homeowners resist association
Residents of the Willoughby subdivision were invoiced in August for dues to a homeowners association that many did not know existed.
"Site Singularity"; Suzanna Fields, J.T. Kirkland and Sean Lundgren; The Bridge/PAI, through September 25
The walls are alive at The Bridge this month, colonized by forms from Suzanna Fields, J.T. Kirkland and Sean Lundgren crafted specifically to meld with the venue’s sparse main room. […]
The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival; Thursday, September 16; The Jefferson Theater and Sunday, September 19 at Old Cabell Hall
The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival’s September 16 show at the Jefferson Theater took on the difficult task of bringing classical music down from the ivory tower, and into the iPod-primed […]
Warner seeks to "shake up higher education" at Curry School talk
Soon after U.S. Senator Mark Warner took the microphone September 9 in the atrium of the new Bavaro Hall at UVA’s Curry School of Education, it became clear that the […]
PVCC predicts record 5,600 students
At the September meeting of the Piedmont Virginia Community College board, PVCC President Frank Friedman told board members that the school’s budget was slated for a $900,000 cut. An infusion […]